The Year of Our Lord 1973

Bishop Events

September

Date Age Event Bishop Title Current Title

Sep 49.5 Appointed Andrzej Maria Deskur † President of the Pontifical Council for Social Communications Cardinal, President Emeritus

1 Sep 46.7 Appointed Jaume Camprodon Rovira † Bishop of Gerona, Spain Bishop Emeritus of Girona, Spain

42.2 Appointed Antonio Dorado Soto † Bishop of Cádiz y Ceuta, Spain Bishop Emeritus of Málaga, Spain

2 Sep 25.2 Ordained Priest Francescantonio Nolè, O.F.M. Conv. † Priest of Order of Friars Minor Conventual Archbishop of Cosenza-Bisignano, Italy

3 Sep 65.0 Died Rufino Jiao Santos † Cardinal, Archbishop of Manila, Philippines

4 Sep Born Oscar Efraín Tamez Villarreal Bishop of Ciudad Victoria, Tamaulipas, México

5 Sep 41.9 Appointed Jean-Lucien-Marie-Joseph Cadilhac † Auxiliary Bishop of Avignon (-Apt, Cavaillon, Carpentras, Orange, e Vaison), France Bishop of Nîmes (-Uzès e Alès), France

41.9 Appointed Jean-Lucien-Marie-Joseph Cadilhac † Titular Bishop of Segermes Bishop of Nîmes (-Uzès e Alès), France

35.2 Ordained Bishop Patrick Iteka † Bishop of Mahenge, Tanzania

30.8 First Vows Charles Kambale Mbogha, A.A. † Priest of Augustinians of the Assumption Archbishop of Bukavu, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

67.4 Died Simon Hoà Nguyễn Văn Hiền † Bishop of Ðà Lạt, Viet Nam

8 Sep 45.7 Ordained Bishop Ottorino Pietro Alberti † Archbishop of Spoleto, Italy Archbishop Emeritus of Cagliari, Italy

27.6 Ordained Priest Ottorino Assolari, C.S.F. Priest of Congregazione Sacra Famiglia di Bergamo Bishop Emeritus of Serrinha, Bahia, Brazil

54.5 Appointed Calogero Lauricella † Archbishop of Siracusa, Italy

50.1 Ordained Bishop Marco René Revelo Contreras † Titular Bishop of Germaniciana Bishop Emeritus of Santa Ana, El Salvador

65.0 Resigned Eustace John Alexander Smith, O.F.M. † Vicar Apostolic of Beirut {Bairut}, Lebanon Vicar Apostolic Emeritus

38.7 Ordained Bishop Georg Weinhold † Titular Bishop of Idicra Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Dresden-Meißen (Meissen), Germany

9 Sep 57.8 Died Joseph Babana † Bishop of Zaku (Chaldean), Iraq

36.2 Ordained Bishop Gabriel Gonsum Ganaka † Titular Bishop of Cuicul Archbishop of Jos, Nigeria

11 Sep Born Gábor Mohos Auxiliary Bishop of Esztergom-Budapest, Hungary

12 Sep 46.1 Ordained Bishop Savarinathen Iruthayaraj † Bishop of Palayamkottai, India Bishop Emeritus

27.1 Perpetual Vows John Michael Miller, C.S.B. Member of Congregation of St. Basil Archbishop of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

13 Sep 75.1 Appointed Ildebrando Antoniutti † Cardinal-Bishop of Velletri Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for Religious and Secular Institutes

75.1 Retired Ildebrando Antoniutti † Prefect of the Congregation for Religious and Secular Institutes Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus

69.8 Appointed Arturo Tabera Araoz, C.M.F. † Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of the Affairs of Religious

14 Sep 49.3 Appointed Héctor Jaramillo Duque, S.D.B. † Prefect of Ariari, Colombia Bishop of Sincelejo, Colombia

25.0 Ordained Priest Giuseppe Petrocchi Priest of Ascoli Piceno, Italy Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of L’Aquila, Italy

48.5 Appointed Paul Francis Reding † Bishop of Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

15 Sep 56.9 Ordained Bishop Karl Christian Ebert † Titular Bishop of Druas Auxiliary Bishop of Erfurt-Meiningen, Germany

23.9 Ordained Priest Douglas Regattieri Priest of Carpi, Italy Bishop of Cesena-Sarsina, Italy

23.8 Ordained Priest Gerardo Rocconi Priest of Senigallia, Italy Bishop of Jesi, Italy

16 Sep 50.4 Ordained Bishop Roger-Émile Aubry, C.Ss.R. † Titular Bishop of Arena Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Reyes, Bolivia

50.0 Succeeded Lucien-Emile Bardonne † Bishop of Châlons, France Bishop Emeritus

24.2 Perpetual Vows David Douglas Crosby, O.M.I. Member of Oblates of Mary Immaculate Bishop of Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

51.7 Ordained Bishop Carlo Furno † Titular Archbishop of Abari Cardinal, Grand Master Emeritus of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem

Born Andrés Luis García Jasso Auxiliary Bishop of México, Federal District

89.5 Died William Theodore Heard † Cardinal, Dean Emeritus of the Roman Rota

17 Sep 37.7 Appointed Christopher Shaman Abba † Bishop of Minna, Nigeria Bishop of Yola, Nigeria

53.7 Ceased Aloísio Ariovaldo (Tarcísio) Amaral, C.Ss.R. † Superior General of Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer Bishop Emeritus of Campanha, Minas Gerais, Brazil

45.0 Appointed Alessandro Assolari, S.M.M. † Bishop of Mangochi, Malawi Bishop Emeritus

48.0 Appointed Matthew Baroi, S.D.B. † Bishop of Krishnagar, India

39.1 Appointed Bernard Bududira † Bishop of Bururi, Burundi

Born Jaime Oswaldo Castillo Villacrés Vicar Apostolic of Zamora en Ecuador

48.5 Resigned Edmund Joseph Fitzgibbon, S.P.S. † Prefect of Minna, Nigeria Bishop Emeritus of Warri, Nigeria

70.3 Resigned Joseph Germain Martin, M. Afr. † Bishop of Bururi, Burundi Bishop Emeritus

43.8 Appointed Elias White Mutale † Archbishop of Kasama, Zambia

74.5 Retired René-Joseph Piérard † Bishop of Châlons, France Bishop Emeritus

18 Sep 88.7 Died Alexandre Poncet, S.M. † Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Wallis et Futuna, Wallis and Futuna, Pacific (Oceania)

19 Sep 61.6 Appointed John A. Choi Jae-seon † Titular Bishop of Tanaramusa Bishop Emeritus of Busan {Pusan}, Korea (South)

61.6 Resigned John A. Choi Jae-seon † Bishop of Busan {Pusan}, Korea (South) Bishop Emeritus

82.3 Died Urban John Vehr † Archbishop Emeritus of Denver, Colorado, USA

21 Sep 26.8 Solemn Vows Cristián Enrique Contreras Molina, O. de M. Member of Order of Our Lady of Mercy Bishop Emeritus of San Felipe, Chile

25.6 Professed Carlos Filipe Ximenes Belo, S.D.B. Member of Salesians of Saint John Bosco Apostolic Administrator Emeritus of Díli, Timor-Leste

22 Sep 51.0 Ordained Bishop Giuseppe Laigueglia † Titular Archbishop of Aeliae Apostolic Nuncio

51.3 Ordained Bishop Theodorus Lumanauw † Archbishop of Ujung Pandang, Indonesia

23 Sep Born Lizardo Estrada Herrera, O.S.A. Auxiliary Bishop of Cuzco, Peru

Born Maksimus Regus Bishop of Labuan Bajo, Indonesia

Born Javier Vilanova Pellisa Auxiliary Bishop of Barcelona, Spain

24 Sep 43.0 Appointed Charles Aimé Halpin † Archbishop of Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada

25 Sep 48.9 Appointed Eduardo André Muaca † Bishop of Malanje, Angola Archbishop Emeritus of Luanda, Angola

49.8 Appointed Romeo Panciroli, M.C.C.I. † Secretary of the Pontifical Commission for Social Communications Apostolic Nuncio

26 Sep 75.6 Retired Michael Cornelius O’Neill † Archbishop of Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada Archbishop Emeritus

58.9 Appointed Amelio Poggi † Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Syria

27 Sep 48.0 Appointed Antônio Agostinho Marochi † Auxiliary Bishop of Londrina, Parana, Brazil Bishop Emeritus of Presidente Prudente, Sao Paulo, Brazil

48.0 Appointed Antônio Agostinho Marochi † Titular Bishop of Thabraca Bishop Emeritus of Presidente Prudente, Sao Paulo, Brazil

28 Sep Born Georgios Altouvas Archbishop of Corfù, Zante e Cefalonia, Greece

69.0 Died Pierre Joseph François d’Alcantara Sintas, O.F.M. Cap. † Prefect Emeritus of Berbérati, Central African Republic

26.3 Ordained Priest Luis Felipe Sánchez Aponte Priest of Garagoa, Colombia Bishop of Chiquinquirá, Colombia

29 Sep 17.2 Professed Antonio De Luca, C.Ss.R. Member of Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer Bishop of Teggiano-Policastro, Italy

30 Sep 81.0 Died Alfonso María Buteler † Archbishop of Mendoza, Argentina

75.7 Died Alexandre-Joseph-Charles Derouineau, M.E.P. † Archbishop of Kunming [Kunming], China

52.1 Ordained Bishop Vincenzo Maria Farano † Titular Archbishop of Cluentum Archbishop Emeritus of Gaeta, Italy

45.7 Ordained Bishop Maurice-Adolphe Gaidon † Titular Bishop of Sebarga Bishop Emeritus of Cahors, France

41.9 Ordained Bishop Anthony Okonkwo Gbuji Bishop of Issele-Uku, Nigeria Bishop Emeritus of Enugu, Nigeria

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
Sep	49.5	Appointed	Andrzej Maria Deskur †	President of the Pontifical Council for Social Communications	Cardinal, President Emeritus
1 Sep	46.7	Appointed	Jaume Camprodon Rovira †	Bishop of Gerona, Spain	Bishop Emeritus of Girona, Spain
42.2	Appointed	Antonio Dorado Soto †	Bishop of Cádiz y Ceuta, Spain	Bishop Emeritus of Málaga, Spain
2 Sep	25.2	Ordained Priest	Francescantonio Nolè, O.F.M. Conv. †	Priest of Order of Friars Minor Conventual	Archbishop of Cosenza-Bisignano, Italy
3 Sep	65.0	Died	Rufino Jiao Santos †	Cardinal, Archbishop of Manila, Philippines
4 Sep		Born	Oscar Efraín Tamez Villarreal		Bishop of Ciudad Victoria, Tamaulipas, México
5 Sep	41.9	Appointed	Jean-Lucien-Marie-Joseph Cadilhac †	Auxiliary Bishop of Avignon (-Apt, Cavaillon, Carpentras, Orange, e Vaison), France	Bishop of Nîmes (-Uzès e Alès), France
41.9	Appointed	Jean-Lucien-Marie-Joseph Cadilhac †	Titular Bishop of Segermes	Bishop of Nîmes (-Uzès e Alès), France
35.2	Ordained Bishop	Patrick Iteka †	Bishop of Mahenge, Tanzania
30.8	First Vows	Charles Kambale Mbogha, A.A. †	Priest of Augustinians of the Assumption	Archbishop of Bukavu, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
67.4	Died	Simon Hoà Nguyễn Văn Hiền †	Bishop of Ðà Lạt, Viet Nam
8 Sep	45.7	Ordained Bishop	Ottorino Pietro Alberti †	Archbishop of Spoleto, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus of Cagliari, Italy
27.6	Ordained Priest	Ottorino Assolari, C.S.F.	Priest of Congregazione Sacra Famiglia di Bergamo	Bishop Emeritus of Serrinha, Bahia, Brazil
54.5	Appointed	Calogero Lauricella †	Archbishop of Siracusa, Italy
50.1	Ordained Bishop	Marco René Revelo Contreras †	Titular Bishop of Germaniciana	Bishop Emeritus of Santa Ana, El Salvador
65.0	Resigned	Eustace John Alexander Smith, O.F.M. †	Vicar Apostolic of Beirut {Bairut}, Lebanon	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
38.7	Ordained Bishop	Georg Weinhold †	Titular Bishop of Idicra	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Dresden-Meißen (Meissen), Germany
9 Sep	57.8	Died	Joseph Babana †	Bishop of Zaku (Chaldean), Iraq
36.2	Ordained Bishop	Gabriel Gonsum Ganaka †	Titular Bishop of Cuicul	Archbishop of Jos, Nigeria
11 Sep		Born	Gábor Mohos		Auxiliary Bishop of Esztergom-Budapest, Hungary
12 Sep	46.1	Ordained Bishop	Savarinathen Iruthayaraj †	Bishop of Palayamkottai, India	Bishop Emeritus
27.1	Perpetual Vows	John Michael Miller, C.S.B.	Member of Congregation of St. Basil	Archbishop of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
13 Sep	75.1	Appointed	Ildebrando Antoniutti †	Cardinal-Bishop of Velletri	Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for Religious and Secular Institutes
75.1	Retired	Ildebrando Antoniutti †	Prefect of the Congregation for Religious and Secular Institutes	Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus
69.8	Appointed	Arturo Tabera Araoz, C.M.F. †	Cardinal, Prefect of the Congregation of the Affairs of Religious
14 Sep	49.3	Appointed	Héctor Jaramillo Duque, S.D.B. †	Prefect of Ariari, Colombia	Bishop of Sincelejo, Colombia
25.0	Ordained Priest	Giuseppe Petrocchi	Priest of Ascoli Piceno, Italy	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of L’Aquila, Italy
48.5	Appointed	Paul Francis Reding †	Bishop of Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
15 Sep	56.9	Ordained Bishop	Karl Christian Ebert †	Titular Bishop of Druas	Auxiliary Bishop of Erfurt-Meiningen, Germany
23.9	Ordained Priest	Douglas Regattieri	Priest of Carpi, Italy	Bishop of Cesena-Sarsina, Italy
23.8	Ordained Priest	Gerardo Rocconi	Priest of Senigallia, Italy	Bishop of Jesi, Italy
16 Sep	50.4	Ordained Bishop	Roger-Émile Aubry, C.Ss.R. †	Titular Bishop of Arena	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Reyes, Bolivia
50.0	Succeeded	Lucien-Emile Bardonne †	Bishop of Châlons, France	Bishop Emeritus
24.2	Perpetual Vows	David Douglas Crosby, O.M.I.	Member of Oblates of Mary Immaculate	Bishop of Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
51.7	Ordained Bishop	Carlo Furno †	Titular Archbishop of Abari	Cardinal, Grand Master Emeritus of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem
	Born	Andrés Luis García Jasso		Auxiliary Bishop of México, Federal District
89.5	Died	William Theodore Heard †	Cardinal, Dean Emeritus of the Roman Rota
17 Sep	37.7	Appointed	Christopher Shaman Abba †	Bishop of Minna, Nigeria	Bishop of Yola, Nigeria
53.7	Ceased	Aloísio Ariovaldo (Tarcísio) Amaral, C.Ss.R. †	Superior General of Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer	Bishop Emeritus of Campanha, Minas Gerais, Brazil
45.0	Appointed	Alessandro Assolari, S.M.M. †	Bishop of Mangochi, Malawi	Bishop Emeritus
48.0	Appointed	Matthew Baroi, S.D.B. †	Bishop of Krishnagar, India
39.1	Appointed	Bernard Bududira †	Bishop of Bururi, Burundi
	Born	Jaime Oswaldo Castillo Villacrés		Vicar Apostolic of Zamora en Ecuador
48.5	Resigned	Edmund Joseph Fitzgibbon, S.P.S. †	Prefect of Minna, Nigeria	Bishop Emeritus of Warri, Nigeria
70.3	Resigned	Joseph Germain Martin, M. Afr. †	Bishop of Bururi, Burundi	Bishop Emeritus
43.8	Appointed	Elias White Mutale †	Archbishop of Kasama, Zambia
74.5	Retired	René-Joseph Piérard †	Bishop of Châlons, France	Bishop Emeritus
18 Sep	88.7	Died	Alexandre Poncet, S.M. †	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Wallis et Futuna, Wallis and Futuna, Pacific (Oceania)
19 Sep	61.6	Appointed	John A. Choi Jae-seon †	Titular Bishop of Tanaramusa	Bishop Emeritus of Busan {Pusan}, Korea (South)
61.6	Resigned	John A. Choi Jae-seon †	Bishop of Busan {Pusan}, Korea (South)	Bishop Emeritus
82.3	Died	Urban John Vehr †	Archbishop Emeritus of Denver, Colorado, USA
21 Sep	26.8	Solemn Vows	Cristián Enrique Contreras Molina, O. de M.	Member of Order of Our Lady of Mercy	Bishop Emeritus of San Felipe, Chile
25.6	Professed	Carlos Filipe Ximenes Belo, S.D.B.	Member of Salesians of Saint John Bosco	Apostolic Administrator Emeritus of Díli, Timor-Leste
22 Sep	51.0	Ordained Bishop	Giuseppe Laigueglia †	Titular Archbishop of Aeliae	Apostolic Nuncio
51.3	Ordained Bishop	Theodorus Lumanauw †	Archbishop of Ujung Pandang, Indonesia
23 Sep		Born	Lizardo Estrada Herrera, O.S.A.		Auxiliary Bishop of Cuzco, Peru
	Born	Maksimus Regus		Bishop of Labuan Bajo, Indonesia
	Born	Javier Vilanova Pellisa		Auxiliary Bishop of Barcelona, Spain
24 Sep	43.0	Appointed	Charles Aimé Halpin †	Archbishop of Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada
25 Sep	48.9	Appointed	Eduardo André Muaca †	Bishop of Malanje, Angola	Archbishop Emeritus of Luanda, Angola
49.8	Appointed	Romeo Panciroli, M.C.C.I. †	Secretary of the Pontifical Commission for Social Communications	Apostolic Nuncio
26 Sep	75.6	Retired	Michael Cornelius O’Neill †	Archbishop of Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada	Archbishop Emeritus
58.9	Appointed	Amelio Poggi †	Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Syria
27 Sep	48.0	Appointed	Antônio Agostinho Marochi †	Auxiliary Bishop of Londrina, Parana, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus of Presidente Prudente, Sao Paulo, Brazil
48.0	Appointed	Antônio Agostinho Marochi †	Titular Bishop of Thabraca	Bishop Emeritus of Presidente Prudente, Sao Paulo, Brazil
28 Sep		Born	Georgios Altouvas		Archbishop of Corfù, Zante e Cefalonia, Greece
69.0	Died	Pierre Joseph François d’Alcantara Sintas, O.F.M. Cap. †	Prefect Emeritus of Berbérati, Central African Republic
26.3	Ordained Priest	Luis Felipe Sánchez Aponte	Priest of Garagoa, Colombia	Bishop of Chiquinquirá, Colombia
29 Sep	17.2	Professed	Antonio De Luca, C.Ss.R.	Member of Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer	Bishop of Teggiano-Policastro, Italy
30 Sep	81.0	Died	Alfonso María Buteler †	Archbishop of Mendoza, Argentina
75.7	Died	Alexandre-Joseph-Charles Derouineau, M.E.P. †	Archbishop of Kunming [Kunming], China
52.1	Ordained Bishop	Vincenzo Maria Farano †	Titular Archbishop of Cluentum	Archbishop Emeritus of Gaeta, Italy
45.7	Ordained Bishop	Maurice-Adolphe Gaidon †	Titular Bishop of Sebarga	Bishop Emeritus of Cahors, France
41.9	Ordained Bishop	Anthony Okonkwo Gbuji	Bishop of Issele-Uku, Nigeria	Bishop Emeritus of Enugu, Nigeria

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